Li Zicheng stretched his waist, but he felt that his left and right arms were tight, and when he looked down, he remembered the absurdity of last night, although he didn't eat Chen Qiudie, but next time, he didn't have to worry about whether to sleep in the inner room or the outer room at night.

Chen Qiudie was pulled by Li Zicheng, opened her hazy sleepy eyes slightly, and saw that the sky was already bright, so she said softly: "Do you want to get up?" ”

"Well, get up, I have to hurry up and run a few laps around the training ground, and the soldiers should be training in a while," Li Zicheng yawned, he was going to scare Chen Qiudie last night, he worked too hard, and now he was a little unbearable, "You continue to sleep, I'll get up by myself!" ”

"Let the servant serve the lord, this servant will!" Chen Qiudie didn't care that she was still naked, took out Li Zicheng's clothes and pants from the bottom of the quilt, and carefully served Li Zicheng to dress, but her hands were too clumsy to fit in, and she was so anxious that she was sweating profusely.

"Die'er, you sleep first, let my mother come!" Song Yulian also woke up, she took the clothes and pants from Chen Qiudie's hands, but put them on three or two times, and took the coat to help Li Zicheng put it on, but she was so cold that her upper and lower teeth trembled.

Chen Qiudie glanced at her mother, leaned on the pillow and pretended to sleep, but secretly glanced at Li Zicheng and her mother with the corner of her eye.

Li Zicheng turned over and got out of bed, first hugged Song Yulian and kissed her mouth, and then pecked Chen Qiudie's little face, "Don't worry, go to sleep first, it's okay to get up later." ”

Just came out, but I ran into Ren Erxi walking outside, and when he saw Li Zicheng coming out, Ren Erxi was overjoyed, and came over and said: "My lord, that Mu Qingshan has already inquired about it, he is one of the top businessmen in Xining, and he lives in the market of Beicheng, and he didn't have much contact with Weili before!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Do you know, why doesn't it need money for this house?" ”

Ren Erxi shook his head awkwardly, "This ...... His subordinates haven't contacted Mu Qingshan yet, so they don't understand his intentions for the time being......"

Li Zicheng thought thoughtfully, "Erxi, the market price of this house can be worth three hundred taels, right?" ”

Ren Erxi hurriedly bowed down and said: "My lord, this house is close to the official office, although it is not facing the street, but it is located in the center of Xining City, and it is not three hundred taels of silver, I am afraid that it will not be able to buy it!" ”

Li Zicheng waved his hand and said with a smile: "Erxi, you go to prepare breakfast, I will go to the training ground, and we will have breakfast in a while, and then we will go to visit this Mu Qingshan and ask him in person why he gave gifts to this adult!" ”

"Yes, sir!" Ren Erxi agreed and quickly retreated.

After eating early, Li Zicheng took his own soldiers and came to the Mu Mansion according to the address provided by Ren Erxi.

Two half-human-high stone lions guard the main entrance of the Mu Mansion left and right, but the head is divided to the left and right, which obviously means expansion, unlike Wu Shaoling's mansion, the two stone lions are standing face to face, which seems more restrained.

The vermilion lacquer gate, spotless, from a distance, there is a sense of heaviness and thickness, just above the gate, are two large seal characters: Mu Mansion, the courtyard wall is also painted in red, and the vermilion lacquer gate is almost seamlessly connected.

The soldiers stepped forward to knock on the door, and after a long time, a man poked his head out, and the soldier whispered a few words, and the soldier immediately closed the door, and heard the footsteps of "dong dong", which gradually extended to the backyard.

After a while, the vermilion lacquer gate suddenly opened completely, and a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a square scarf and a gray robe, rushed out of the door, followed by a group of mansion officials.

The middle-aged Confucian man, trotting a few steps, greeted Li Zicheng, and knelt down on his knees: "Mu Qingshan, the grass people, I don't know that the adult is coming in person, I miss the welcome, I hope the adult will atone for his sins!" ”

"Lord Mu doesn't need to be polite!" Li Zicheng took half a step forward, stretched out his hand to help him, and when Mu Qingshan got up, Fang said: "Uninvited guest, bother Mu Dongzhu!" ”

"Where! When adults come, Mufu is shining! Mu Qingshan bowed, his right hand pointed slightly, "My lord, please enter the mansion!" ”

"Lord Mu, please!" Li Zicheng smiled slightly, and was not polite, looking back and signaling his soldiers to stay outside the mansion, and only took Ren Erxi and Lei Wanjun into the mansion.

Mu Qingshan invited Li Zicheng into the main hall, and the maid served the fragrant tea, and then automatically withdrew, Li Zicheng took a sip and said with a smile: "It's bad, good water, fragrant but not astringent, and there is a hint of sweetness, worthy of being the leading wealthy businessman in Xining!" ”

"The adult has won the prize, compared with the gold proprietor, the villain is just lifting his shoes and pouring water!" Mu Qingshan's eyebrows were smiling, and the corners of his eyes wrinkled with long crow's feet, fine and profound.

"Mu Dong and Jin Dong are not too reckless!" Li Zicheng said lightly: "What kind of business does proprietor Mu mainly operate?" ”

Mu Qingshan arched his head and bowed slightly, "Back to the adult, the villain is mainly engaged in daily necessities, and the other ...... It's food! ”

"Grain?" Li Zicheng's heart moved, if the people of Xining maintain the habit of eating grain, then the resistance to resuming farming will be much smaller, if the people are completely nomadic and mainly eat meat, they will have more resistance to farming, "Where does the grain operated by Mu Dongzhu mainly come from?" ”

Mu Qingshan hesitated for a moment, and said: "Originally, it was mainly from neighboring Shaanxi, but Shaanxi has been in a severe drought for several years, thousands of miles of red land, and there is a serious shortage of food. ”

"In the country of abundance, there is naturally a lot of food, but 'Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky', and the income is naturally limited, haha, Mu Dongzhu, the Ming grain production area, isn't it mainly in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Mu Qingshan sighed slightly, "The grain in Jiangnan is naturally more than in Sichuan, but Jiangnan and Xining are separated by thousands of miles, and the grain transported back from Jiangnan, even if you don't consider the loss on the road, the profit is low, and it is almost a waste of money!" ”

Li Zicheng smiled slightly, "Mu Dongzhu was born as a businessman, and he naturally knows the method of management, no matter what kind of business, the people must have surplus money in their hands, and the business will make money, I don't know if Mu Dongzhu has ever thought about opening up the local market?" ”

"Open up the market?" Mu Qingshan frowned slightly, "The villain has always made small profits and quick turnover, but he doesn't understand what the adults are talking about...... opening up the market."

"Small profits but quick turnover, is the basic method of management," Li Zicheng gently sipped the fragrant tea, "but there is so much surplus money in the hands of the people, even if all of it is invested, the income of the proprietor is limited." ”

"The villain just learns from his family and gets some business experience, but as for what the adults say about opening up the market, the villain is unheard of."

"The small profits and quick turnover of the proprietor Mu is a long-term method, which is better than killing chickens and taking eggs, but this is the basic business method, or follow the strategy of the predecessors, try to ask the world's businessmen, who doesn't know?" Li Zicheng paused suddenly, thought for a while, and said: "If you want to increase profits, you need to cut through the thorns and open a way, for example, Chengdu produces grain, Jiangnan produces silk, and Lingnan produces good tea. ”

Mu Qingshan measured it carefully, but he sighed, "The so-called 'opening up the market' is a good word for merchants, but Xining is barren and has no rich products, the people are herdsmen, the only war horse that can be used is not allowed to be sold privately, and it is difficult to transport beef and mutton for long distances......"

Li Zicheng laughed, this Mu Qingshan is really enlightened, but unfortunately, his vision can't get rid of the limitations of the times after all, and said: "Xining is not only horses, cattle and sheep, as the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, this area of Xining, the mountains are vertical and horizontal, and there are treasures everywhere, how can there be no production?" ”

"Mountains?" Mu Qingshan lowered his head and thought about it, but he found nothing, and said in a low voice: "All kinds of mountains in Xining do not produce black charcoal, gold, red copper, and iron ore......"

"When Lord Ben has some leisure, he will go to the mountains to investigate and assist Mu Dongzhu to develop business sources," Li Zicheng saw that he was almost confused, so he smiled and said: "Where can Mu Dongzhu's goods go farthest?" ”

"The farthest?" Mu Qingshan thought for a while and said: "In addition to Sichuan, the commercial port has also been to Jiangnan, but the road is far away, so it is not the main line. ”

"Just to Jiangnan?" Li Zicheng shook his head slightly, "If the profit reaches three times or five times, is the proprietor Mu willing to go to Lingnan in person?" ”

"Three, five?" A strange light flashed in Mu Qingshan's eyes, and it disappeared in an instant, "My lord, as far as the merchant is concerned, if you can make fifty percent of the profit after removing the travel expenses, it will be worth the risk!" ”

"Good, good, good!" Li Zicheng was overjoyed in his heart, but he said: "When Lord Ben finds out the source of business, I will talk about it again!" ”

"My lord really has such a good business source?" Mu Qingshan had a big question in his heart, he had been a businessman in Xining for several generations, how could he be inferior to this young man from Ganzhou? If you say that you can lead troops to fight, you can sigh to yourself, but in business, it is really ...... Could it be that he is a sloth?

"This, it's too early to talk about it, it's useless to talk about it," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Let's talk about what's in front of us, Lord Mu, why did you give the house to Lord Ben?" As far as Master Ben knows, proprietor Mu has always been low-key, and he doesn't have much contact with Wei Li! ”

"This ......" Mu Qingshan pondered for a moment, and said: "The grass people heard that the adults bought a house, but they opened a school, and they were willing to subsidize it, and they did not hide it from the adults, and the villain has read for several years since he was a child, knows a few words, and knows the importance of literacy, so he hopes that the adults will promote the school in Xining and let more people be literate." ”

"That's the only reason?" Li Zicheng smiled on his face, but he stared at Mu Qingshan's face with the corner of his eye.

"That's true, how dare the grass people deceive the adults?" Mu Qingshan got up and gave a long stroke.

"Haha, joking, Don't worry about proprietor Mu!" Li Zicheng didn't care what his purpose was, since Mu Qingshan gave this opportunity, even if it was bait, he would swallow it first.

What Xining lacks the most is grain and silver, the grain matter has been handed over to Liang Wencheng, and Li Zicheng is ready to grasp the silver matter in person, originally in order to stabilize the cultivation of cultivated land, temporarily do not move the merchants in the city, but Mu Qingshan came to the door, ready-made opportunity, how could he let it go?

Of course, Li Zicheng has absolutely no intention of killing chickens and taking eggs, and if he wants to make money in Xining, not only can he not crack down on businesses, but also support their development, and everyone will make a fortune together.

"Adult ......"

Li Zicheng saw that Mu Qingshan was a little embarrassed, so he changed the topic and said, "Does proprietor Mu know that my school only recruits female students?" ”